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Ana Rosa Moya Beltrán

Profesor Asistente

Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana

Ñuñoa, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Computational Microbiology, Bioinformatics, Genomics, Big Data, Data Science.

Educación

  •  Doctorado en Biotecnología, UNIVERSIDAD ANDRES BELLO. Chile, 2020
  •  Ingeniera en Bioinformática, UNIVERSIDAD DE TALCA. Chile, 2014

Experiencia Académica

  •   Undergraduate Student Full Time

    FUNDACION CIENCIA PARA LA VIDA

    Center for Bioinformatics and Genome Biology

    Chile

    2012 - 2014

  •   PhD Student Full Time

    FUNDACION CIENCIA PARA LA VIDA

    Chile

    2016 - 2020

  •   Internship Student Full Time

    NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH

    Chile

    2017 - 2017

  •   Internship Student Full Time

    NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH

    Chile

    2019 - 2019

  •   Young Researcher Part Time

    Millennium Nucleus in the Biology of Intestinal Microbiota

    Chile

    2021 - 2022

  •   Postdoctoral researcher Full Time

    FUNDACION CIENCIA PARA LA VIDA

    Chile

    2021 - 2022

  •   Postdoctoral researcher Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD SAN SEBASTIAN

    Facultad de Ingeniería, Arquitectura y Diseño

    Chile

    2023 - A la fecha

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Research Assistant Full Time

    Fundación Ciencia Y Vida

    Chile

    2014 - 2016

Difusión y Transferencia


Secretaria de la sociedad de Bioinformática de Chile (SCB) periodo 2024-2025
Charla en evento "Mujeres bakanas en Bioinformática 2024" Organizada por el equipo de RSG-Chile, Student Council de la International Society for Computational Biology.


Premios y Distinciones

  •   Premio "Mejor Tesis de Doctorado en Microbiologia 2022"

    Sociedad de Microbiología

    Chile, 2022

    Premio a la mejor tesis de doctorado en Microbiología : “Characterization of the pangenoma of the genus Acidithiobacillus: contribution of the essential and accessory gene complement to the diversification and evolution of the taxon”. Supervisor: Dra. Raquel Quatrini

  •   Scholarship for International Conference

    FUNDACION ANDRES BELLO

    Chile, 2019

    UNAB Scholarship for International Conference 2019

  •   Scholarship for National Conference

    CONICYT

    Chile, 2019

    Scholarship for National Conference 2019

  •   Scholarship for International Internship

    CONICYT

    Chile, 2019

    CONICYT Scholarship for International Internship 2019


 

Article (23)

Influence of mobile genetic elements and insertion sequences in long- and short-term adaptive processes of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans strains

Moya-Beltran, Ana; Gajdosik, Martin; Rojas-Villalobos, Camila; Beard, Simon; Mandl, Martin; Silva-Garcia, Danitza; Johnson, D. Barrie; Ramirez, Pablo; Quatrini, Raquel; Kucera, Jiri

Article ISI
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS  (2023)

Pangenome-level analysis of nucleoid-associated proteins in the <i>Acidithiobacillia</i> class: insights into their functional roles in mobile genetic elements biology

Beard, Simon; Moya-Beltran, Ana; Silva-Garcia, Danitza; Valenzuela, Cesar; Perez-Acle, Tomas; Loyola, Alejandra; Quatrini, Raquel

Article ISI
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY  (2023)

Global phylogenomic novelty of the Cas1 gene from hot spring microbial communities

Salgado, Oscar; Guajardo-Leiva, Sergio; Moya-Beltran, Ana; Barbosa, Carla; Ridley, Christina; Tamayo-Leiva, Javier; Quatrini, Raquel; Mojica, Francisco J. M.; Diez, Beatriz

Article ISI
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY  (2022)

Evolution of Type IV CRISPR-Cas Systems: Insights from CRISPR Loci in Integrative Conjugative Elements of Acidithiobacillia

Moya-Beltran, Ana; Makarova, Kira S.; Acuna, Lillian G.; Wolf, Yuri, I; Covarrubias, Paulo C.; Shmakov, Sergey A.; Silva, Cristian; Tolstoy, Igor; Johnson, D. Barrie; Koonin, Eugene, V; Quatrini, Raquel

Article ISI
CRISPR JOURNAL  (2021)

Genomic evolution of the class Acidithiobacillia: deep-branching Proteobacteria living in extreme acidic conditions

Moya-Beltran, Ana; Beard, Simon; Rojas-Villalobos, Camila; Issotta, Francisco; Gallardo, Yasna; Ulloa, Ricardo; Giaveno, Alejandra; Degli Esposti, Mauro; Barrie Johnson, D.; Quatrini, Raquel

Article ISI
ISME JOURNAL  (2021)

Respiratory Heme A-Containing Oxidases Originated in the Ancestors of Iron-Oxidizing Bacteria

Degli Esposti, Mauro; Moya-Beltran, Ana; Quatrini, Raquel; Hederstedt, Lars

Article ISI
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY  (2021)

Acidithiobacillus ferrianus sp. nov.: an ancestral extremely acidophilic and facultatively anaerobic chemolithoautotroph

Norris, Paul R.; Falagán, Carmen; Moya-Beltrán, Ana; Castro, Matías; Quatrini, Raquel; Johnson, D. Barrie

Article ISI SCOPUS
EXTREMOPHILES  (2020)

Acidithiobacillus sulfuriphilus sp. nov.: an extremely acidophilic sulfur-oxidizing chemolithotroph isolated from a neutral pH environment

Falagan, Carmen; Moya-Beltran, Ana; Castro, Matias; Quatrini, Raquel; Johnson, D. Barrie

Article ISI SCOPUS
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY  (2019)

Domestication of Local Microbial Consortia for Efficient Recovery of Gold Through Top-Down Selection in Airlift Bioreactors

Ulloa, Ricardo; Moya-Beltran, Ana; Rojas-Villalobos, Camila; Nunez, Harold; Chiacchiarini, Patricia; Donati, Edgardo; Giaveno, Alejandra; Quatrini, Raquel

Article ISI SCOPUS
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY  (2019)

Nucleotide Second Messenger-Based Signaling in Extreme Acidophiles of the Acidithiobacillus Species Complex: Partition Between the Core and Variable Gene Complements

Moya-Beltran, Ana; Rojas-Villalobos, Camila; Diaz, Mauricio; Guiliani, Nicolys; Quatrini, Raquel; Castro, Matas

Article ISI SCOPUS
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY  (2019)

The Type IV Secretion System of ICEAfe1: Formation of a Conjugative Pilus in Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans

Flores-Rios, Rodrigo; Moya-Beltran, Ana; Pareja-Barrueto, Claudia; Arenas-Salinas, Mauricio; Valenzuela, Sebastian; Orellana, Omar; Quatrini, Raquel

Article ISI SCOPUS
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY  (2019)

Insights into the biology of acidophilic members of the Acidiferrobacteraceae family derived from comparative genomic analyses

Issotta, Francisco; Moya-Beltran, Ana; Mena, Cristobal; Covarrubias, Paulo C.; Thyssen, Christian; Bellenberg, Soeren; Sand, Wolfgang; Quatrini, Raquel; Vera, Mario

Article ISI SCOPUS
RESEARCH IN MICROBIOLOGY  (2018)

Occurrence, integrity and functionality of AcaML1-like viruses infecting extreme acidophiles of the Acidithiobacillus species complex

Covarrubias, Paulo C.; Moya-Beltran, Ana; Atavales, Joaquin; Moya-Flores, Francisco; Tapia, Pablo S.; Acuna, Lillian G.; Spinelli, Silvia; Quatrini, Raquel

Article ISI SCOPUS
RESEARCH IN MICROBIOLOGY  (2018)

16S rRNA and Multilocus Phylogenetic Analysis of the Iron Oxidizing Acidophiles of the Acidiferrobacteraceae Family

Issotta, Francisco; Covarrubias, Paulo C.; Moya-Beltrán, Ana; Bellenberg, Sören; Thyssen, Christian; Sand, Wolfgang; Nuñez, Harold; Mena, Cristóbal; Holmes, David S.; Quatrini, Raquel; Vera Véliz, Mario

Article SCOPUS
Solid State Phenomena  (2017)

Draft genome sequence of Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans CLST isolated from the acidic hypersaline Gorbea salt flat in northern Chile

Quatrini, R; Escudero, LV; Moya-Beltran, A; Galleguillos, PA; Issotta, F; Acosta, M; Cardenas, JP; Nunez, H; Salinas, K; Holmes, DS; Demergasso, C

Article ISI SCOPUS
Standards in Genomic Sciences  (2017)

Draft genome sequence of the type strain of the sulfur-oxidizing acidophile, Acidithiobacillus albertensis (DSM 14366)

Castro, M; Moya-Beltran, A; Covarrubias, PC; González, M; Cardenas, JP; Issotta, F; Nunez, H; Acuna, LG; Encina, G; Holmes, DS; Johnson, DB; Quatrini, R

Article ISI SCOPUS
Standards in Genomic Sciences  (2017)

Genetic Basis of Metal Resistance in Acidiphilium sp. DSM 27270 (Yenapatur)

Issotta, Francisco; Bobadilla-Fazzini, Roberto A.; Moya-Beltrán, Ana; Covarrubias, Paulo C.; Quatrini, Raquel; Martinez, Patricio

Article SCOPUS
Solid State Phenomena  (2017)

Metagenome-derived draft genome sequence of Acidithiobacillus ferroxidans RV1 from an abandoned gold tailing in Neuquén, Argentina.

Ricardo Ulloa, Ana Moya-Beltrán; Francisco Issotta, Harold Nuñez; Paulo C. Covarrubias, Edgardo R. Donati; Raquel Quatrini , Alejandra Giaveno

Article
Solid State Phenomena  (2017)

Molecular Systematics of the Genus Acidithiobacillus: Insights into the Phylogenetic Structure and Diversification of the Taxon

Nuñez, Harold; Moya-Beltrán, Ana; Covarrubias, Paulo C.; Issotta, Francisco; Cárdenas, Juan Pablo; González, Mónica; Atavales, Joaquín; Acuña, Lillian G.; Johnson, D. Barrie; Quatrini, Raquel

Article SCOPUS
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY  (2017)

Type IV Secretion Systems Diversity in the Acidithiobacillus Genus

Rodrigo Flores-Ríos, Ana Moya-Beltrán; Paulo C. Covarrubias, Lilian G. Acuña; Omar Orellana, Raquel Quatrini

Article
Solid State Phenomena  (2017)

Detection, identification and typing of Acidithiobacillus species and strains: a review

Nuñez, H; Covarrubias, PC; Moya-Beltrán, A; Issotta, F; Atavales, J; Acuña, LG; Johnson, DB; Quatrini, R

Article ISI SCOPUS
RESEARCH IN MICROBIOLOGY  (2016)

Draft genome sequence of chloride-tolerant Leptospirillum ferriphilum Sp-Cl from industrial bioleaching operations in northern Chile

Issotta, Francisco; Galleguillos, Pedro; Moya-Beltran, Ana; Davis-Belmar, Carol; Rautenbach, George; Covarrubias, Paulo; Acosta, Mauricio; Ossandon, Francisco; Contador, Yasna; Holmes, David; Marin, Sabrina A.; Quatrini, Raquel; Demergasso, Cecilia

Article ISI SCOPUS
STANDARDS IN GENOMIC SCIENCES  (2016)

Draft genome sequence of the nominated type strain of "Ferrovum myxofaciens,"" an acidophilic, iron-oxidizing betaproteobacterium"

Moya-Beltrán A.; Cárdenas J.P.; Covarrubias P.C.; Issotta F.; Ossandon F.J.; Grail B.M.; Holmes D.S.; Quatrini R.; Johnson D.B.

Article SCOPUS
Genome Announcements  (2014)

BookSection (1)

Cyclic di-GMP Signaling in Extreme Acidophilic Bacteria

Castro, Matias; Mauricio Díaz; Moya-Beltrán, Ana; Nicolas Guiliani

BookSection
 (2020)

Proyecto (6)

Understanding the genomic diversity of the Acidithiobacillus species complex in the context of evolutionary ecology.

FONDEF (1181251)

Proyecto
2018-2020
Personal técnico y/o de apoyo

THE ROLE OF THE CORE AND FLEXIBLE GENOMES OF ACIDITHIOBACILLUS SPECIES IN DIFFERENTIATION AND NICHE ADAPTATION

FONDEF (1140048)

Proyecto
2014-2018
Personal técnico y/o de apoyo

COMPARATIVE GENOMIC, METAGENOMIC AND BIOINFORMATIC APPROACHES TO GENERATING FUNDAMENTAL AND APPLIED KNOWLEDGE FOR BIOLEACHING AND OTHER ACIDIC ECONICHES

FONDEF (1130683)

Proyecto
2013-2017
Tesista

EVALUATING THE ROLE OF NOVEL GENES INVOLVED IN COPPER TOLERANCE IN FOREST TREES=> A STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF PDKTI3, A MEMBER OF THE KUNITZ TRYPSIN INHIBITOR GENE FAMILY IN POPLAR.

FONDEF (11100460)

Proyecto
2011-2014
Personal técnico y/o de apoyo

VIRUS POPULATION DYNAMICS AND ACQUIRED VIRUS RESISTANCE IN BIOLEACHING MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES

FONDEF (1100887)

Proyecto
2010-2014
Personal técnico y/o de apoyo

APPLICATION OF BIOINFORMATICS AND COMPARATIVE GENOMICS TO INVESTIGATE THE ECOPHYSIOLOGY OF BIOLEACHING MICROORGANISMS

FONDEF (1090451)

Proyecto
2009-2013
Tesista

22
Ana Moya

Profesor Asistente

Departamento de Informática y Computación

Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana

Ñuñoa, Chile

17
Raquel Quatrini

Research Associate

Fundación Ciencia & Vida

Santiago, Chile

10
Francisco Issotta

Investigador Postoctoral

Genética Molecular y Microbiología

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

9
Paulo Covarrubias

Profesional

Genética Molecular

Instituto de Salud Pública

Santiago, Chile

4
David Holmes

Head, Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Genome Biology

Center for Bioinformatics and Genome Biology

FUNDACION CIENCIA & VIDA

Santiago, Chile

4
Juan Cardenas

Assistant Professor

Universidad Mayor de Chile

Santiago, Chile

3
LILLIAN ACUÑA

INVESTIGADOR POST-DOCTORAL FONDECYT

Laboratorio de Genética y Patógenesis Bacteriana

Universidad Andrés Bello

SANTIAGO, Chile

3
Matías Castro

Investigador

Ingeniería y Tecnología

Universidad San Sebastián

Concepción, Chile

2
Harold Nuñez

PostDoc

FUNDACIÓN CIENCIA PARA LA VIDA

Santiago, Chile

2
Pedro Galleguillos

Investigador Titular

Minería

CICITEM

Antofagasta, Chile

1
Nicolas Guiliani

Profesor Titular

Biología

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
Francisco Moya

Postdoctoral Associate

Medicina

MICROB-R

Santiago, Chile

1
Lorena Escudero

Investigador

Medio ambiente

CICITEM

Antofagasta, Chile

1
RODRIGO FLORES

Investigador

Biología Celular y Molecular

Universidad de Chile

Macul, Chile

1
Mauricio Acosta

Profesor Adjunto

Vicerrectoría de Investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico

Universidad Católica del Norte

Antofagasta, Chile

1
Claudia Pareja

Investigadora de Postdoctorado

Departamento de Hematología-Oncología

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Mario Vera

Profesor Asistente

Instituto de Ingeniería Biológica y Medica

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
Sebastián Valenzuela

Director de Area Veterinaria

Area Veterinaria

Fundación Ciencia para la Vida

Santiago, Chile

1
Omar Orellana

Profesor Titular

Programa de Biología Celular y Molecular

FACULTAD DE MEDICINA, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
SIMON BEARD

Investigador

Facultad de Medicina y Ciencia,

Universidad San Sebastián

Santiago, Chile

1
Patricio Martinez

Consultor en Biominería Independiente

Consultor en Biominería Independiente

Santiago, Chile

1
Cecilia Demergasso

Directora

Centro de Biotecnología "Profesor Alberto Ruiz"

UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE

Antofagasta, Chile

1
Beatriz Diez

PROFESOR ASOCIADO

GENÉTICA MOLECULAR Y MICROBIOLOGIA

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
Sabrina Marin

Profesor(a) Adjunto(a)

Centro de Biotecnología CBAR

Universidad Católica del Norte

Antofagasta, Chile

1
Mauricio Díaz